Flight Tour of the North Cascades



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Flight Tour of the North Cascades: August 14, 2007

Pilot: Jeff Ries
Photographer: Dunham Gooding

Nooksack Tower (left), the Price Glacier (center), and the summit of Mt. Shuksan (right)
August 14, 2007, 7:48am

Mt. Fury in the northern Pickets with the Southern Pickets just beyond.
August 14, 2007, 7:55am

Mt. Challenger (right) in the remote North Pickets of Washington's Cascade Range.
August 14, 2007, 7:57am

Two climbers heading up the Sulphide to Mt. Shuksan's summit pyramid (barely visible
dots right in the middle of the photo, a quarter of the way up the glacier).
August 14, 2007, 8:05am.

Upper SE face of Mt. Baker with Sherman Peak (10,160') and the Talum Glacier (left), the Boulder
Glacier (center), and Grant Peak (Baker's main summit at 10,778') and the Park Glacier (right). All
these glaciers are seldom climbed. The Talum has not been climbed for years. August 14, 2007, 8:08am.

Lincoln and Colfax Peaks from the south with the Easton Glacier in the foreground and the Deming
Glacier in the distance. August 14, 2007, 8:10am

Just west of Baker's summit are Colfax Peak (left, with significant icefall off its north face)
and Lincoln peak (right). In the distance is the Sisters Range and beyond that the San Juan
Islands and the Olympic Range. August 14, 2007, 8:12am

Mt. Baker from the SSW, with a good view of the upper Easton Glacier. Two climbing parties (barely
visible specks) are just below the upper rock face, left of the summit. August 14, 2007, 8:14am